Zbych Trofimiuk

Zbych Krzysztof Trofimiuk (born April 7, 1979 in Warsaw ) is an Australian actor of Polish origin.

biography

Trofimiuk was born in Poland as the son of the Czech painter Jurak Trofimiuk and the Australian sculptor Zoja Trofimiuk, at the age of four he moved to Australia with his parents. He first attended Melbourne Boys High School. In 1994 he became known with the series Im Bann der Sterne ( Sky Trackers ), for which he received both an AFI Award in the Best New Talent category and a Young Actor's Award in 1995. He gained further notoriety through his leading role in Spellbinder (1995). For this role, too, he received an award, the Premier's VCE Award (1996). Both series were also broadcast on German television. After retiring from the acting business in 1996, he attended Sandrigham High School. He then studied at Victoria University, where he graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in performance studies . Since 2005 Trofimiuk has been working again as an actor, but only on the theater stage. He was seen in the play Bunny and directed La Mama . He is currently a lecturer at Monash University in Victoria. Trofimiuk also works as an artist.

Filmography

• 1994: The Vampire Stars ( Sky Trackers )
• 1995: Spellbinder - Trapped in the Past

Web links

• Zbych Trofimiuk in the Internet Movie Database (English)